After the pre-Parade party, guests can spill out onto College Street and make their way through the marshalling area thanks to a wristband that will offer them exclusive access to the Parade starting line.
“I expect many individuals and organisations will pull out of the Auckland Pride Parade and I don’t blame them.”
“We’re letting people know that LGBTI elders don’t just have a place in LGBTI communities, they also have a place in communities of older people.”
Pride in Protest plan to run for the board this year and have spoken with several ’78ers who have allegedly endorsed their campaign.
“This year marked Paris Gay Pride’s 41st year, beating Sydney’s Mardi Gras to the punch by one year.”
“In the nineties the stereotypes served us well, because the image of a scary lesbian in leather helped to stop [homophobes] from doing the wrong thing”
A group of activists tried to ‘turn back the float’ and declared the Liberal party an illegal arrival at Mardi Gras.
“My first Mardi Gras encounter occurred accidentally when I was trying to cross Oxford St in 1981 and bumped into the parade”
“I have issued a genuine challenge to McCormack to prove his change of heart by marching in this year’s Mardi Gras”
“Cher is in Sydney and my little gay heart can’t take it”
